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urn: urn:us-la:rs:34:861
citation: "R.S. 34:861"
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# Debts recoverable from seamen

No keeper of a public or lodging house for seamen shall, at any time, recover from a seaman any debt exceeding one dollar, and no other person shall recover from any seaman a debt exceeding one dollar, after he has signed articles to proceed to sea, until the voyage for which he shipped is ended.